Fruit farms are called orchards.
There are lots of fruit trees in an orchard.
In spring there is blossom on the trees.
In summer the fruit grows big and then it is picked.
In autumn the leaves turn yellow and fall off.
In winter the trees are resting.

Farms that grow fruit on trees are called orchards.
Some fruits that grow on trees are apples, pears, peaches, plums, oranges, mandarins and apricots. In orchards there are rows and rows of fruit trees.

In spring the trees are covered with blossoms, like these apple trees. Many bees visit the blossoms to collect nectar to make into honey. As the bees visit each flower, powder called pollen sticks to them and they take it to the next flower. At each flower, the pollens mix. The mixed pollen makes a fruit begin to grow when each flower dies. Leaves grow on the branches to shade the fruit as the weather gets hotter.

All through summer the fruit grows bigger and bigger. The fruit gets ripe like the peaches on these trees.

The fruit gets picked when it is ready. The fruit is packed into boxes.

Some boxes are sent to the markets where people can buy the fruit.

Some boxes are sent to factories to be put in tins, made into juice or cordial, or made into jams or pies.

Some fruit is dried in the sun, then put into packs and sent to shops.

In autumn, most fruit trees lose their leaves. In some countries the season of autumn is called 'fall'. The leaves change colour and fall off. When trees do this, they are getting ready for winter.

In winter, the trees are resting, getting ready for the hard work of making lots of fruit again.

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Updated 9 May 2001